Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

Directors:

Greg Ford
Friz Freleng
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Writers:

Greg Ford (story) &
Terry Lennon (story) ...
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Release Date:

24 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Horror

Tagline:

Join Daffy Duck and his friends in a quazy, quack-up comedy.

Plot:

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Plot Keywords:

Millionaire | Ghost | Daffy Duck | Porky Pig | Sylvester

Cast

Mel Blanc	...	Daffy Duck / Bugs Bunny / Butler / J.P. Cubish / Porky Pig / Birdbath owner / Asylum collector / Drunk / Coyote / Sylvester / Tweety / Mr. Hyde / Hugo the Abominable Snowman (voice)
Mel Tormé	...	Daffy Duck (singing voice)
Roy Firestone	...	Announcer (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	Melissa Duck (voice)
Ben Frommer	...	Count Bloodcount (voice)
Julie Bennett	...	Agatha and Emily - The Two-headed Vulture (voice) (as Julie Bennet)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
June Foray	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Greg Ford
Friz Freleng
Chuck Jones
Terry Lennon
Robert McKimson
Maurice Noble		(co-director) (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")

Writing credits
Greg Ford		(story) &
Terry Lennon		(story)
John W. Dunn		story (segment "Transylvania 6-5000") (as John Dunn)
Michael Maltese		story (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Tedd Pierce		story (segments "The Prize Pest" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")

Produced by
Steven S. Greene	....	producer
Kathleen Helppie-Shipley	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Milt Franklyn
William Lava		(as Bill Lava)
Carl W. Stalling		(as Carl Stalling)
Hal Willner		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")

Film Editing by
Treg Brown		(segments "Hyde and Go Tweet", "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Jim Champin		(segments "The Duxorcist" and "The Night of the Living Duck")

Production Design by
Robert Givens

Production Management
Jim Champin	....	post-production supervisor
Bill Exter	....	production manager

Sound Department
Frank Raciti	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
A.C. Gamer	....	effects animator (segment "Daffy Dilly")
Harry Love	....	effects animator (segment "Jumpin' Jupiter")

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Henley	....	animation camera operator: Nick Vasu Inc. (uncredited)

Animation Department
Peter Alvarado	....	layout artist (segment "The Prize Pest")
Brenda Banks	....	animator
Nancy Beiman	....	animator
Edy Benjamin	....	assistant animator
Dorris Bergstrom	....	assistant animator
Alan Bodner	....	background artist
Bob Bransford	....	animator (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Ed Cerullo	....	assistant animator
Bob Chiarito	....	assistant animator
Gerry Chiniquy	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Laura Craig	....	final checker
Keith Darling	....	animator (segment "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Arthur Davis	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet") (as Art Davis)
Philip DeGuard	....	background artist (segments "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter") (as Phil De Guard)
Phil DeLara	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest") (as Phil De Lara)
Lou Dellarosa	....	assistant animator
Barbara Donatelli	....	final checker
Edward Faigin	....	assistant animator
Francesca Freeman	....	key assistant animator
Robert Givens	....	layout artist (segments "The Duxorcist", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Night of the Living Duck" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Robert Gribbroek	....	layout artist (segments "Daffy Dilly" and "Water, Water Every Hare")
Ken Harris	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Punch Trunk" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Dan Haskett	....	additional character designer (as Daniel Haskett)
Dan Haskett	....	animator (as Daniel Haskett)
Emery Hawkins	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Mark Kausler	....	animator
Helen Komar	....	assistant animator
Lin Larsen	....	assistant layout artist
Abe Levitow	....	animator (segments "Claws for Alarm" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Maxine Markota	....	final checker
Norm McCabe	....	animator
Charles McKimson	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Phil Monroe	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly" and "Water, Water Every Hare")
Alissa Myerson	....	assistant animator
Maurice Noble	....	layout artist (segments "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Ann Oliphant	....	animation checker (as Ruth Ann Oliphant)
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Hawley Pratt	....	layout artist (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Tom Ray	....	animator (segments "Transylvania 6-5000" and "The Abominable Snow Rabbit")
Rebecca Rees	....	animator
Virgil Ross	....	animator (segment "Hyde and Go Tweet")
Sonja Ruta	....	assistant animator
Rod Scribner	....	animator (segment "The Prize Pest")
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (as Richard Thomas)
Richard Thompson	....	animator (segments "Claws for Alarm", "Transylvania 6-5000", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" and "Jumpin' Jupiter")
Darrell Van Citters	....	animator
Lloyd Vaughan	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Frans Vischer	....	animator
Ben Washam	....	animator (segments "Daffy Dilly", "Water, Water Every Hare", "Claws for Alarm" and "Punch Trunk")
Dick Williams	....	assistant animator (as Richard Williams)
Dora Yakutis	....	scene planner

Editorial Department
Rick Gehr	....	assistant editor
Steve New	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Hal Willner	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Bette Bergman	....	assistant to producers
Lorri A. Bond	....	assistant to producers (as Lorri Bond)
Elka Harms	....	assistant to producers
Gordon Hunt	....	voice director
Christopher Walsh	....	assistant to producers

Thanks
Bruce Goldstein	....	special thanks
Ronnie Scheib	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Warner Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• Nick Vasu  camera
• C & D Productions Inc.  ink and paint
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• EC Comics  Alfred E. Neuman appears courtesy of (as E.C. Comics)

Runtime:

USA:72 min | USA:78 min (with bonus footage)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | USA:G

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Mel Blanc's final role in a Looney Tunes related movie.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The title of the cartoon "Punch Trunk" is misspelled as "Punch Truck" in the end credits.

Quotes:

Porky Pig: [to Sylvester] What's the matter with you? What are you? A schizophre... a schizodephre... a-a manic depressive or something?

Movie Connections:

References Sybil (1976) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives

Basically a collection of Looney Tunes cartoons with a bit of new stuff to tie it all together.

There were quite a few of these "movies" made during mainly the 1980's and they were all basically the same thing. A bunch of the original shorts tied together by some new animation featuring those crazy characters. However, some of the shorts are not fully in there, and the new animation sequences are quite weak compared to the old shorts which makes one probably want to just watch the old shorts again. This movie's theme is basically a ghostbuster kind of theme with Daffy Duck taking the helm. I would enjoy this except it is not the old really Daffy Duck, but the newer less daffy and more smartaleck one. The new stuff is basically copying the "Ghostbusters" movie especially the scene where the female duck is possessed. Still, the shorts are funny as we have some involving Porky pig and Sylvester and Bugs and that Snowman dude. All in all a rather boring effort on their part creating new stuff that just is not all that good. However, you are still treated to some rather good classic shorts anyway.